The Chief Justice of Pakistan received a Singapore International Mediation Centre delegation in June to discuss ADR reform — while SIMC trainers ran an Accredited Mediation Skills Workshop and Assessment Programme for judges with the Federal Judicial Academy.
Judicial capacity is the unglamorous foundation of every mediation success story: laws mean little until judges know when to refer cases out, how to supervise settlements, and why a mediated outcome deserves the court's respect.
With a backlog running into millions of cases, Pakistan's engagement follows a pattern seen from Delhi to Tashkent — pairing top-level advocacy with hands-on accreditation. It is how mediation cultures get built: one trained cohort at a time.
